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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Eun Chu Oh, Suwon-si, KR;
Beomkyu Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A storage device includes at least one non-volatile memory including a plurality of blocks, each block of the plurality of blocks including a plurality of independently erasable sub-blocks. The storage device further includes a storage controller configured to select an erase mode from among a plurality of erase modes according to at least one of an operation schedule and a power consumption of the non-volatile memory, and control an erase operation of the non-volatile memory, according to the selected erase mode. Based on the selected erase mode being a first sub-block erase mode, the storage controller controls an erase operation with respect to one selected sub-block of a selected block. Based on the selected erase mode being a second sub-block erase mode, the storage controller controls an erase operation with respect to two or more selected sub-blocks of the selected block.